Phonograph cabinet



J. JANES.

PHoNoGRAPH CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 17, 1921) 4 SHhL l S-SHEET l.

J. JANES. PHONOGRAPH CABINEL APPLICATION FILED NOV. 17., 1920- Patented Apr. 25, 1922.

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I. IANES. PHoNoGRAPH CABINET.`

APPLICATION FILED NOV. I7, |920- Patented Apr. 25, 1922 4 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

J. JANES.

PHONOGRAPH CABINET.

APPLICATION HLED Nov. 17V. 1920.-

Patemed Apr. 25, 1922.

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UNITED STATES JosErH JANEs, or

sonmnvrnnn,A MASSACHUSETTS, AssIGNon or ONE-HALF To e.'

CLAY COX, F ROCHESTER., NEW YORK. i i

IPHONOGRAPH CABINET.

Speeication of Letters Patent.

Application led November 17, 1920. Serial No. 424,648.

l To all whom it may concer/1 y Be it known that I, JOSEPH JANES, of Somerville, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, a citizen of the United States, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Phonograph Cabinets, of which the following is a specification.

My improvement consists in a1 ph ograph cabinet of such character that it .be used as an ordinary library table o/w'riting, holding books, a lamp, etc., thus combining in one the functions of the two articles of furniture, especially desirable in a small apartment. It comprises means for supporting the phonograph mechanism, starting, stopping it, etc., automatically in a way convenientI for changing records.

My'invention will be understood' by means of the drawings in which it is shown in the most convenient form now known to me, al-

though it may otherwise be embodied.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a table, the phonograph support or drawer being open to enable the record to be changed or the nee'dleadjusted.

Fig. 2 is a cross section on line 2-2 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 3 is a partial horizontal section showing the parts as ordinarily arranged when out of use.

Fig. 4 is a corresponding view, the drawer carrying the record table being open.

Fig. 5 is a partial front elevation of the table when the drawers are closed andthe phonograph out of use, and

Figs. 6 and 7 are details to be described below.

A is the-table top which forms the top of the phonograph cabinet and is mounted on a frame of ordinary construction, A1 being the supporting legs. The cabinet ltself comprises a flooring B supported'between the legs A1. The front of the cabinet 'comprises a hinged drawer C and a sliding drawer'D which preferably overlap. In Figs. 3 and 5 bothl drawers are closed. In Figs. 1v and 4 both drawers are open. The details of the sliding drawer will not be described except to say that it comprises a front having a pin a1 projecting from its top, running in a suitable curved guidewa d supported from one of the side walls a o the cabinet, so that upon pushing the drawer to the right it will slide round and lie at right angles to its normal position and when it has been so slid round it will expose the mouth of the horn E, the front of the mouth being preferably covered by a grill e of some kind (see Figs. l and 4). This drawer has a corresponding 'pin' projecting from its bottoml and runnmg 1n a corresponding groove in the open end of the horn has been exposed.

The drawer C. carries a flooring or bottom F o n which 1s mounted in the usual way the record table F1 on which the record is mounted in the usual way. The record table F1 is mounted on a shaft f which passes down f1 attached to the under side ofthe drawer bottom serves as a belt housing.l f2, 7a2l are ball bearing boxes of usual construction mounted in the usual way'to reduce friction.

Only so much of the power mechanism is shown as is necessary to the'understandingy of my invention. It comprises a shaft g with the necessary means for rotating it. This shaft g has at its lower end a pulley g1 which is connected by means of a belt g2 with the pulley f1 on the bottom of the shaft f passing around thepulley g3 mounted on the pivot c below the flooring F andthe tension pulley g4, this latter pulley being mounted on a lever g5 pivoted at ge, the further end of the lever being controlled by the spring gl.

These parts are so arranged as shown in Fig. 3 that the pulley g4 takes up a proper amount of slack in the belt so that when the Patented Apr. 25, 1922.

.through the flooring F. -A strap or housing pulley g1 is turned by the motorthe record 'table F will also be turned by the beltr(see ried by it, from the pulley g1 to the record table, and the device will be inoperative, thus allowing the user' to change his record,

needle, etc. and set the parts in operative relation for the next reproduction. j `When thereafter ,the drawer is closed, the angle of the belt about the pulley g4 is decreased and by means of the spring g applies sufiicient tautening to the belt g2 to rotate the record table again. Thus the record table will stop when the drawer is openwide and will be started again as the drawer is closed.

It is desirable that the record table shall be stopped: For this purpose I'- have provided a push rod H' mounted in brackets h, one end of the rod being located to be struck by the heel c1 of the drawer when the drawer is open as shown in Fig. 4 and when the drawer is closed as shown in Fig. 6 to be withdrawn from its closing position. For this purpose its further end engages a spring h1 mounted on a stud h2,.which spring when the drawer isopen is engaged by one end of the rod H and is pushed against a disk L3 mounted on the shaft k3 which carries the governor (see Fig. 7). The governor is of usual construction comprising weighted members la mounted on spring members k1 which are carried by collars k2 (one of these collars bein loose) v on a worm shaft k3, this worm s aft being operated by a worm gear 704 on the shaft g. As the shaft gis rotated by the motor it rotates the disk L3. The free end of the worm is mounted in a bearing c attached to a frame (the various parts of which are lettered 16) in which the further end of the governor is also mounted. The

motor may be stopped by the lever N on shaft N1 in the usual way.

rIhis construction is such that in order to operate the'phonograph .the'door D is first slid back from the position shown in Fig.`

3 to the position shown in Fig. 4. The drawer C 1s then swung open thus prevoenting any movement of the motor, and therecord is -then placed on the table and the needle adjusted in the usual way. The motor having been energized as by clockwork or an electrical connection, the drawer C is then swung to and because of the rod H,

which is thrown back by the spring h1 or by the adjustment of the' tension of the belt g2' through the spring g", power isapplied to the record table and it begins to rotate until eitherthe motor has run down or the drawer is again opened or stopped by the'lever N.

To secure a change inthe speed of rota# tion I have provided a lever L pivoted at e and havingl at one end engagement with a` bell crank L1 'controlled by a spring Z1. At

the upper` end of this lever L1 is mounted aA piece of felt or the like L2 located to engage the disk Lson the shaft k1. It will be seen that by lifting the outer end of the horizontal arm L1 the felt bearing L2 willA engage the disk L3 and by frictioncontrol its rapidity of movement and hence the movement ofthe shattlas. which control will pass'back to the rampes motor through the various connections. In order to give this movement to the lever L1 and lever L, I provide an eccentric M mounted on a stud m which has at its outer end a spring-controlled button m1 so that by turning the stud m the arm of the lever Lengaging the eccentric M will be moved a greater or less degreeand so aV greater or less degree of pressure or no pressure at all will be exerted by the felt pad L2 on the disk L3. rIhe preferred location of .this mechanism is shown in Figs. 4, 6 and 7.

The horn Fis made in two parts, one part extending from the grill e to a point where it will register with a suitable opening in the back of the drawer or flange F'forming part ofthe table support F. The table support carries the small end of the bornand the sound box E2 and where these two parts meet when the drawer is closedand the apparatus is in operative position I prefer to use a washer or gasket e2 made of felt, rubber or the like to make a tight joint. It will be noted that the connection isa thrust connection made by the swinging of the drawer which thrusts one part into theother, thus making a tight joint instead of wiping one part over the other as is usual-in jointed horns. This latter movement soon wears the washer.

A wall F3 lying between the drawer and 3its mechanism and the horn screens the horn of the record table.

In describing an embodiment of my invention as above I do not mean to limit myself tothe exact construction shown. So far as I am aware the arrangement of a phonograph in a table or other like article of furniture capable of other uses in distinction from the cabinet, which is a specific device constructed v for that purpose alone, is new with me, and I have shownwhat seems to me 'a simple way of combining the two structures so that .the desired result may be secured, that result being a plain or ornamental table the top of which may be used for writing or other purposes to which a table is ordinarily put; The table frame or body acts as the container and the drawers form the closures therefor. It is evident, however, thatl the operative parts of my invention may be embodied in a cabinet or otherwise.

In the form of my invention shownA the drawer must be opened nearly 90 degrees before the record table will stop or power will be shut o' and 'the-record table will begin its rotation shortly after the drawer begins to close. This is a convenient arrangement because it brings the record to 1a stop at the point when it can easily be removed from its fiooring on which the reco-rd table is supported and this enables the table to be made with two drawers, alike in front,'the one containing the record table and the other exposing the horn.

What I claim as my invention is l. A device of the kind described comprising a container provided with a closure, a record table support mounted on said' closure, a motor, a record table rotatably mounted on said table support, connections between said table and said lnotor whereby said table will be rotated, and means operable by said closure whereby said table and motor will be operably disconnected and said motor will cease to rotate said table.

2. A device of the kind described comprising a container' provided with a closure, a table support mounted on said closure, a motor, a record table mounted on said table support, connections between said table and said motor whereby said table will be rotated, and means operable by said closure, when said closure has opened to a predetermined point, whereby said table and motor will be operably disconnected and said motor will cease to rotate said table.

3. In a device of the kind described, ai table top having a flooring mounted below it, a motor mounted on said flooring, a drawer-front hinged between said top and said fiooring, a record table support mounted on said drawer-front to be moved therewith, a record table mounted on said support, connections between said record table and said motor to rotate said record table, and means operable by the locating of said drawer-front in a predetermined open position to stop the rotation of said motor.

4. In a device of the kind described, a hinged drawer, a record table mounted thereon, means for rotating said record table, and means adapted to be engaged by said drawerfront when said drawer front is in .a predetermined position whereby said rotating -on` means for rotating said record table,

and means adapted to be engaged by said drawer-front when said drawer front is in a predetermined 'position whereby said rotating means will be rendered ineffective torotate said record table, said means' com-v prising a push-rod.

6. In a device of the kind described, a i

hinged drawer, a record table mounted thereon, means for rotating said record table, means adapted to be engaged by said drawerfront when said drawer front is in a. predetermined position whereby said rotating means will be rendered ineffective to rotate said record table, said means comprising a.

push-rod, and a spring adapted to return said lpush-rod to its normal position when said drawer is not in saidv predetermined position.

7. A phonograph table comprisinga stationary member and a swinging member, a horn comprising two sections, one section being mounted on said stationary member and the other on said swinging member carrying y a record table, a motor and means connecting said motor and said record table whereby when said motor and said record table are in operative relation said sections'of said horn will be in register.

8. A device of the kind described comprising a container provided with a movable closure, a record table support mounted on said closure, a motor, a record table rotatably mounted on said table support, eon- ,4

nections between said record table and said motor whereby said record table will be rotated, and means operable by said closure wlereby said motor will cease to rotate said ta e.

JOSEPH JANES. 

